Group of Apatani women on a porch
These Apatani women standing on a porch, and probably watching events during the Myoko festival, display a mixture of traditional and modern fashions : they all have facial tattoos, although faint on some, and holes in their nostrils for plugs, although only the woman on the far left has the plugs :...
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Group of Apatani women on a porch [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
These Apatani women standing on a porch, and probably watching events during the Myoko festival, display a mixture of traditional and modern fashions : they all have facial tattoos, although faint on some, and holes in their nostrils for plugs, although only the woman on the far left has the plugs : the older woman on the left also wears a more traditional set of necklaces and shawl, while the younger women wear store-bought shawls and a reduced 'modern', set of necklaces : at about age five or six, tattoo lines were made by pricking the skin with thorns and then rubbing in a mixture of coal black and cooking oil : One line was drawn from forehead to the tip of the nose, and another five on the chin : about the same age, a young girl's nostrils were pierced and wooden pins inserted : a few years later, when the hole was large enough, wooden plugs, also blackened with soot and oil, were inserted : In 1974, a few years before this photograph was taken, the Apatani Youth Association demanded that these practices be abandoned, and today nose plugs and facial tattoos are only seen on women above 35-40 years of age. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1978, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. |
| Place of Publication: |
India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |